Sarfraz Rasool
Personal information
Full name Sarfraz Rasool
Date of birth (1975-07-10) July 10, 1975
Place of birth Pakistan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2008 KRL FC ? (?)
2008–2011 PMC Athletico ? (?)
International career
1999–2003 Pakistan 17 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sarfraz Rasool (born July 10, 1975) is a former Pakistani international footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.[1] Sarfraz won the Golden Boot at 2003 SAFF Championship, where he finished as the top-scorer with 4 goals, and was named Asian Football Confederation Player of the Month for his performance in SAFF Cup held in March 2003.[2]

Club career

As a goal scoring midfielder, Rasool had been playing for KRL FC between 1999 and 2003, and was constantly in the goals for the national team.[2]

However, he controversially left Pakistan soon after and moved to England, which effectively ended his international career, but remained with KRL for some seasons, before eventually joining the renamed PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad in August 2008.[2]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by year and competition[1]
National team Year Apps Goals
Pakistan 1999 1 0
2001 6 0
2002 3 1
2003 7 5
Total 17 6

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 March 25, 2002 Kalutara Stadium, Kalautara, Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka 0–1 2–1 Friendly
2 January 10, 2003 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh  India 0–1 0–1 2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup
3 January 12, 2003  Sri Lanka 2–1 2–1
4 January 14, 2003  Afghanistan 1–0 1–0
5 January 20, 2003  India 1–1 2–1
6 March 21, 2003 Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore  Macau 0–2 0–3 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification

References

  1. 1 2 "Sarfraz Rasool (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com.
  2. 1 2 3 Editorial Staff (2012-07-29). "Ex-Pakistan star Sarfraz Rasool joins Total Football Academy in UK". FootballPakistan.com (FPDC). Retrieved 2023-06-28.


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